The federal government alleged that Texas state officials also erected new fencing farther inland.
“That fencing further restricts Border Patrol’s ability to reach the river in particular areas,” the Justice Department said in the filing.
The government said that before Wednesday evening, Border Patrol agents could drive trucks with mounted surveillance equipment to various locations in this area and that those trucks were used “to maintain visibility and awareness of activity along this stretch of the river and border.”
“But the Texas National Guard has now blocked Border Patrol’s access to the area, rendering its agents unable to place mobile surveillance trucks,” the Justice Department said in the Friday filing.
The department said in the filing that the “new actions” by Texas “demonstrate an escalation of the State’s measures to block Border Patrol’s ability to patrol or even to surveil the border and be in a position to respond to emergencies.”
The filing is part of a legal battle involving immigration enforcement at the border between the Biden administration and the Republican-controlled state.
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The federal government alleged that Texas state officials also erected new fencing farther inland.
“That fencing further restricts Border Patrol’s ability to reach the river in particular areas,” the Justice Department said in the filing.
The government said that before Wednesday evening, Border Patrol agents could drive trucks with mounted surveillance equipment to various locations in this area and that those trucks were used “to maintain visibility and awareness of activity along this stretch of the river and border.”
“But the Texas National Guard has now blocked Border Patrol’s access to the area, rendering its agents unable to place mobile surveillance trucks,” the Justice Department said in the Friday filing.
The department said in the filing that the “new actions” by Texas “demonstrate an escalation of the State’s measures to block Border Patrol’s ability to patrol or even to surveil the border and be in a position to respond to emergencies.”
The filing is part of a legal battle involving immigration enforcement at the border between the Biden administration and the Republican-controlled state.
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